{"id":242038,"date":"2026-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2026-major-league-volleyball-semis-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:00:00","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2026-major-league-volleyball-semis-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2026-major-league-volleyball-semis-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know about the 2026 Major League Volleyball semis | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>Block party, loading. The Major League Volleyball (MLV) semis are <em>set <\/em>for tomorrow, where the top four regular-season finishers will battle for a spot in Saturday\u2019s championship, not to mention a <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/04\/ignite-clinch-mlv-championship-spot-with-comeback-victory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1M bonus<\/a>. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dpvQqmX6SUI&amp;list=RDdpvQqmX6SUI&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tate McRae says<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/04\/mlv-announces-surge-in-all-star-match-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just keep watching<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udcab First up, the No. 1 seed Indy Ignite vs. No. 4 Omaha Supernovas: <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/05\/ignite-break-mlv-record-for-wins-in-a-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">winningest team in a single season in MLV history<\/a>, Indy boasts four <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/05\/major-league-volleyball-announces-all-league-teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first-team all-leaguers<\/a> (the most of any squad), including middle blocker Lydia Martyn. The Supernovas will counter with outside hitter Sarah Parsons, who is on a <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/04\/supernovas-parsons-earns-second-mlv-weekly-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hot streak<\/a> and could help, ahem, <em>spark<\/em> a major upset.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc93\u2728 No. 2 Dallas Pulse take on the No. 3 San Diego Mojo in second semi: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/04\/dallas-pulse-clinch-postseason-spot-in-inaugural-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debutante<\/a><strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/04\/dallas-pulse-clinch-postseason-spot-in-inaugural-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dallas<\/a> reached the playoffs in their first season <em>and<\/em> boast a major advantage: The semis and title match will be held in their home arena. However, Pulse outside hitters <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/05\/major-league-volleyball-announces-all-league-teams#:~:text=First%20Team%0ADallas%20outside%20hitter%20Mimi%20Colyer%20was%20the%20league%20leader%20in%20points%20(523)%20and%20kills%20(466).%20She%20is%20joined%20on%20the%20first%20team%20by%20teammate%20Sofia%20Maldonado%2DDiaz%2C%20who%20finished%20second%20behind%20Colyer%20in%20both%20points%20(484)%20and%20kills%20(420)%20while%20also%20placing%20third%20in%20service%20aces%20(21).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mimi Colyer and Sofia Maldonado-Diaz<\/a> will need to bring their best against Mojo libero Shara Venegas, <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2026\/04\/mojo-locks-in-final-mlv-championship-bid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a defensive machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/major-league-volleyball-semis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: Block party, loading. The Major League Volleyball (MLV) semis are set for tomorrow, where the top four regular-season finishers will battle for a spot in Saturday\u2019s championship, not to mention a $1M bonus. As Tate McRae says, just keep watching. \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udcab First up, the No. 1 seed Indy Ignite vs. No. 4 Omaha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-242038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}